Training Program for Strengthening Research Capacity in Non-Communicable Diseases in Vietnam (TSORC-NCDs-VN)

我们提出了一个为期5年的培训计划，题为“加强研究的培训计划 越南非传染性疾病的能力。越南一直面临着越来越大的负担， 非传染性疾病（NCDs）在过去几十年中，特别是在 心血管疾病（CVD）、癌症、慢性肺病和糖尿病的发病率和死亡率; CVD 现在是越南的主要死因，约占所有死亡人数的三分之一。 尽管非传染性疾病的规模和影响，越南的非传染性疾病研究能力仍然有限， 许多挑战。越南迫切需要加强其在临床和人口方面的研究能力 健康科学和发展研究培训计划，强调创新的战略， 预防 作为满足这一持续需求的起点，我们的多学科团队得到了 在过去的一年里，NIH Fogarty中心参与了密集的需求评估和规划过程。 拟议的培训计划和教育产品，以及伴随的指导研究 经验，从一个基础广泛，详细的数据收集和综合，从事教师和 河内医科大学（HMU）的学生和越南卫生部的主要合作伙伴。的 拟议的培训计划是建立在一个强大的和迅速扩大的计划， 研究，由越南和马萨诸塞州大学医学院（UMMS）联合领导 investigators.规划过程也得到了目前NIH资助的几个UMMS的重要信息 培训计划包括T32和KL 2。我们的具体目标是：目标1。开展研究和培训 非传染性疾病计划，符合越南的需求和资源， 越南卫生部：（a）建立一个新的博士后奖学金计划，为早期阶段提供装备 研究人员将自己确立为独立的、由校外资助的科学家;（B）建立一个新的 临床研究学者培训计划，将为临床医生提供必要的研究工具， 利用他们的临床培训和经验，设计和开展高质量的研究， 解决临床和人口健康方面的紧迫问题，强调国家政策的相关性， 在国际期刊上发表;（c）根据在联合国成功实施的模式， UMMS，开发新的研究方法课程，将提供给非学位和学位学生， 将提供给学生，医生，护士和临床研究人员。目标2.建立一个中心 在HMU非传染性疾病研究卓越：（a）建立在正式的 越南卫生部发布的建议，作为为期一年的规划过程的一部分， 在HMU和HMU的强有力的机构承诺下，为新提议的卓越中心揭幕 （B）建立一个行政结构，使中心能够方便地提供 研究方法和数据管理的资源，使跨学科的关系， 部门，研究所，中心和临床系统，并提供联系和关键支持， （c）加强与越南的合作 卫生部将调整研究议程和培训方法，以满足心血管疾病的当代需求 预防和治疗，以支持国家实施基于证据的政策措施。 我们的国际多学科团队在设计和开展临床和 以人口为基础的研究和制定成功的研究培训方案。我们的团队 包括来自越南卫生部的高级和有成就的科学家，他们在 作为我们目前NIH资助工作的一部分，领导角色。对于目前NIH资助的几项临床试验， 卫生部已正式承诺维持新开发和经验证的干预措施， 国家公共卫生基础设施。本方案提供的环境和资源， 一个前所未有的机会，加强非传染性疾病研究的研究能力，对健康产生可衡量的影响 在国家层面

We are proposing a 5 year training program entitled ““Training Program for Strengthening Research Capacity in Non-Communicable Diseases in Vietnam.” Vietnam has been facing an increasing burden from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) over the last several decades, with especially notable increases in the morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, chronic lung disease, and diabetes; CVD now represents the leading cause of death in Vietnam, accounting for approximately one third of all deaths. Despite the magnitude and impact of NCDs, research capacity in NCDs in Vietnam is still limited and faces numerous challenges. Vietnam urgently needs to strengthen its research capacity in the clinical and population health sciences and develop research training programs that emphasize innovative strategies for disease prevention. As a starting point to address this ongoing need, our multi-disciplinary team received support from the NIH Fogarty Center to engage in an intensive needs assessment and planning process during the past year. The proposed training programs and educational offerings, and the accompanying mentored research experiences, flow from a broad-based and detailed data collection and synthesis that engaged faculty and students at Hanoi Medical University (HMU) and key partners from the Vietnam Ministry of Health. The proposed training program is built upon a robust and rapidly expanding program of extramurally funded research, with joint leadership from Vietnam and University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) investigators. The planning process has also been critically informed by several currently NIH-funded UMMS training programs including T32 and KL2. Our Specific Aims are to: Aim 1. Develop a research and training program in Non-Communicable Diseases that fits Vietnam's needs and resources as articulated by the Vietnam Ministry of Health: (a) Establish a new Postdoctoral Fellowship program that will equip early-stage investigators to establish themselves as independent, extramurally funded scientists; (b) Establish a new Clinical Research Scholars Training Program that will provide clinicians with the research tools necessary to leverage their clinical training and experience to design and carry out high quality research studies that address pressing problems in clinical and population health, with an emphasis on national policy relevance and publication in international journals; (c) Based on models that have been successfully implemented at the UMMS, develop new research methods courses that would be offered to non-degree and degree students and would be made available to students, physicians, nurses, and clinical investigators. Aim 2. Establish a Center of Excellence in Non-Communicable Diseases Research at HMU: (a) Building upon formal recommendations issued by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health as part of the year-long planning process, inaugurate the newly proposed Center of Excellence with strong institutional commitments of HMU and HMU hospital; (b) Implement an administrative structure that will allow the center to provide easily accessible resources for research methodology and data management, enable transdisciplinary relationships across departments, institutes, centers, and the clinical system, and provide linkages and critical support for longitudinal mentoring relationships among program trainees; (c) Solidify collaboration with the Vietnam Ministry of Health to align the research agenda and training approach with contemporary needs in CVD prevention and treatment to support the national implementation of evidence-based policy measures. Our international multi-disciplinary team has expertise in designing and conducting clinical and population-based research studies and in developing successful research training programs. Our team includes high-ranking and accomplished scientists from the Vietnam Ministry of Health who are serving in leadership roles as part of our current NIH funded work. For several currently NIH funded clinical trials, the Ministry of Health has formally committed to sustaining newly developed and proven interventions as part of the national public health infrastructure. The environment and resources offered by this proposal provide an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen research capacity in NCD research with a measurable health impact at the national level.